It's a new month, and it's going to be another busy one for new releases. What will you be playing this weekend to start the month off right? Dead or Alive 6 just came out, and The Division 2 has an open beta ahead of release.

Whatever your situation, we hope you get a least a little bit of time this weekend to kick back and enjoy some gaming. Will you be sampling something new, tackling the backlog or chilling out with an old favourite? Let us know!

Guitar Hero Live's GHTV Mode – effectively its online play service – was terminated on December 1st 2018. Activision is now offering refunds to owners if they purchased the game between certain dates and can prove their purchase.

The PS Plus line-up has changed over, which means you can now grab the first season of HITMAN and Ubisoft's feudal fighter For Honor for free. You can also grab the last of the service's Vita and PS3 offerings.

North American PS Plus subscribers can already get their hands on January's free titles. Take to the slopes in Steep or fight alongside your friends in Portal Knights. There's some PS3 and Vita games too, of course.

If you're a PS Plus subscriber you can now download your no-extra-cost games for December. These include the chilling adventure Soma, the frenetic arcade racer Onrush and the brilliant metroidvania Iconoclasts.

Despite no official announcements, several servers seem to have had a stay of execution. Sound Shapes, Twisted Metal PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale are all now listing 31st January 2019 as the shut-down date.

That risky-sounding PSN Online ID change feature we reported on a couple of weeks ago is now in beta stage, with registered Preview members receiving their invitations. However the risks look worse than we initially thought.

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and Twisted Metal's servers will shut down ten days earlier than previously reported according to Sony's official legal notice. Sound Shapes and ModNation Racers are shutting down too.

Unfortunately more PS4, PS3 and Vita titles are getting their servers shut down, which will have an effect on trophies. Warhawk, PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale, Twisted Metal and Drawn to Death are getting the chop.

October is nearly here which means it's time for another PS Plus update. Free games next month include Friday the 13th and Laser League, both of which have had unfortunate development dramas. But they're worth a go for free!

There's yet another massive game sale happening on PlayStation Store, which means it's time for another quick round-up of some of the most accessible trophy lists in the bunch. We start with five games actually worth playing.

Yesterday both Marvel Ultimate Alliance titles disappeared from the Xbox and PlayStation stores. The store entries for the PS4 versions have disappeared completely, while the second game's PS3 page no longer allows purchase.

Platinum hunters beware: Crysis 2's online multiplayer servers are being taken down on October 11th 2018. We have fifteen trophies with an Online flag, so expect those to become partly or fully unobtainable in three months.

We just published all of the Mid-Year PSN deals available for US and Canada account holders, but here's a round-up of the easy trophy lists available in the sale. We start off with five games that are actually pretty good.

We're a few days away from July, which means it's time for another batch of PS Plus titles going free for subscribers in the coming month. Another David Cage game and an online melee curio headline for PlayStation 4.

Football fans have been waiting longer than usual for an info drop on this year's Madden, but that info has finally arrived. A new cover star will grace the Hall of Fame Edition of the game, and the pick is perfectly timed.

The beginning of May marks the launch of the Soviet Dream Machines event exclusively for the console versions of World of Tanks. Exchange points for rewards, all the way up to the Tier VIII Motherland tank.

Call of Duty campaigns may soon be a thing of the past. If it's true this year's game will be without one and if it sells well anyway, we may have seen the last story mode for the series. That makes for a good time to look back.

The latest Tomb Raider is on the way, making the rebooted version of Lara Croft now three games old. Is this new and more cinematic vision for the franchise your preference, or do you like to keep it old school?

The new PlayStation Plus Game Collection titles have been revealed for May. There are no differences between the lists for North America and Europe, and the titles will be available in both regions from May 1st.

HBO's latest hit series, Westworld, returns for a second season tonight. Its first season was a critical darling telling thoughtful tales of human versus AI conflict. For more of that itch to be scratched, try these video games.

They say first impressions are everything. Whether you're in a job interview, on a date, or writing a list for a popular gaming outlet, you have to start strong or you'll lose your audience. Here are gaming's best openings.